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Pharmaceuticals in water discovered.(LEGISLATIVE UPDATE)

Article from: National Driller Article date: May 1, 2008

Senators Frank Lautenberg and Barbara Boxer, both chairs of water works-related Senate committees, have requested that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) set safety limits for pharmaceuticals in public drinking water supplies after a recently released report by the Associated Press indicated that there are trace amounts of pharmaceutical drugs in the water supplies of 24 to 28 tested major metropolitan areas. The report was the result of a 5-month long investigation in urban and rural areas in all 50 states.

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